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The luxury of high-end bikes meets a truly rugged adventure on the Around the World Expedition from Edelweiss Bike Travel, an Austria-based company with a fleet of Ducatis, Triumphs, BMWs and Royal Enfields.

Riders mix and match a series of eight routes that range from 33 to 80 days, or go all-in for an epic journey that adds up to 429 days on the road.

Each segment is the ride of a lifetime. With a support vehicle to haul your bags, you'll trace a route from Los Angeles to Panama City, Cape Town to Dar es Salaam then Istanbul to Bangkok, testing your stamina and endurance in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the vast Bolivian salt flats or the lush jungle that covers the island of Sumatra.

And while the route is carefully planned in advance, travelers have the freedom to pick their own roads, rejoining the group each night to share share riding stories over German beers or Chilean wine. Segments range from €9,500 to €29,000 (about $11,000 to $34,000).